Shields was honing these changes in spring Orlando Brown Jr. Jersey training when I talked to him about that, about working deep and the challenges of being a veteran playing on a team in the middle of a rebuild.

By now, you’ve been with teams basically in every part of the winning cycle, from building up to winning pennants. Even though you haven’t been with this franchise all that long, you’re still one of the guys who predate the decision to change direction. For a veteran, what is the feel around a team during this process?

James Shields: It’s a great feeling right now in this clubhouse. Ricky [Renteria] has done a great job of building a culture where these young kids can adapt to it and really embrace it. For me, as a veteran player, you look in this clubhouse and you see an unbelievable amount of talent. It energizes me, but I’m a pretty energetic kind of guy. I look at these young kids, and White Sox fans should be feeling really exciting about what is happening.

Wearing a white Nationals jersey with his captain’s C on the front and his No. 8 on the back, the Stanley Cup champion and Conn Smythe Trophy winner asked for the ball back and connected with Scherzer on his second try.

Ovechkin and the Nationals’ ace embraced midway between the mound and the plate before the Capitals’ superstar captain picked the Cup back up again to chants of Ovi, Ovi!

It was fitting that after nine first- or second-round playoff exits preceded this Capitals’ Stanley Cup run, Ovechkin got it right on his do-over.

What I did like is he wanted another throw, coach Barry Trotz said. And that was sort of maybe a little bit symbolic to where he’s come. Where the pitch failed. Instead of ‘That’s enough,’ he said, ‘No, give me another shot at it.’ And he took another shot and Womens Vadim Shipachyov Jersey did much better. So, I’m proud of him for that.

Trotz said Ovechkin’s got to work on his pitching. Sitting next to a parched Ovechkin afterward, defenseman John Carlson quipped, It wasn’t good.

It was hard, but I think I did a nice job, Ovechkin said. So we’re all good.